At that time, it was already the end of the year and early winter, and it was snowing for the first time of the winter in the wild, and there was no fire in the tent, and the cold was not much better than outside.

The slender and elegant Li Mu, the deputy general Sima Shang, and the lieutenant Zhao Lei were sitting indoors, frowning, and did not speak for a while.

They had just received an edict from King Zhao to summon Li Mu and the deputy general Sima Shang to return to the dynasty to take up their posts, and the generals and deputy generals were replaced by Zhao Cong and Yan Ju.

"Unexpectedly, just when our army was fully prepared and wanted to use professional samurai and new-style cavalry as the backbone to fight the Qin army again, the king listened to the slander and wanted to summon me back to Beijing. After several years of operation, it will be wasted! Li Mu stroked the three locks of clear beard and let out a long sigh, with a look of loneliness on his elegant face!

"Alas, I have long reminded the general to beware of villains like Guo Kai, but the general has never listened!" Sima Shang was a little depressed.

"Hey, it's useless to talk about it now! Zhao Lei, how is the morale of the army now? ”

Zhao Lei shook his head and said, "It's not very safe, the military spirit is a little fluctuating!" Everyone doesn't want the general to go! ”

"It's a common thing, it's not a cause for concern. Don't worry too much, haven't I been belittled many times before, and then I have come back again! Li Mu comforted the two.

"This time is different, relatives in the palace sent someone to send me a letter, Guo Kai has to plan to put the general to death this time. I heard that the charge for the general is: rebellion! Zhao Lei looked anxious.

"Rebellion? I, Li Mu, am over fifty years old, and now I have no parents and no children and nephews, who am I rebelling for? In the sad laughter, the laughter was full of desolation, and the tiger's eyes were full of tears, but he endured it so that it would not fall.

The three people in the room had nothing to say and fell silent.

After a long time, Mu Li sighed and said, "Let's disperse, I want to be alone for a while!" ”

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In the cold tent, a pot of turbid wine, a few side dishes, the lonely Li Mu was silently pouring himself a drink. There is a huge pathos hidden in that face, so that this heroic man who stands up to the sky and the earth can't help but have a kind of heroic twilight atmosphere, and the handsome and majestic face suddenly adds a bit of desolation and tragedy, and reduces a bit of exertion and heroism!

Suddenly, the wide curtain was slightly raised, and a tall, desolate figure poured into the tent with a cold wind. The flames trembled with the cold wind, and the light in the tent immediately became bright and dark.

Li Mu, who was drinking alone, did not raise his head, and from the familiar footsteps of the comer, Li Mu already knew who the comer was. Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Brother Sima, come, accompany me for a few drinks!" ”

Sima Shang sat down wordlessly opposite Li Mu, stroked the long beard under his forehead, and said calmly: "Did the general give up like this?" Li Mu's right hand holding the bronze wine lord trembled suddenly, and a touch of wine immediately dripped down and splashed a string of scattered pearls on the table.

A generation of world-famous generals who have always been as steady as a rock and thunder and lightning are now unable to hold even a glass of wine, the huge difference between before and after makes the world sad!

"What if you don't give up?" Li Mu laughed bitterly at himself: "I have now been relieved of my military authority, and the military on the front line is no longer under my control!" ”

Sima Shang said lightly: "At present, the two armies are facing each other, the situation is urgent, and the safety of the country is in danger, all of which are related to the main general of the Gray Spring Mountain battlefield. Zhao Cong and Li Muyong are also talented, how are they the cunning Wang Jian and the resourceful opponents of Fusu, why should the general's words of returning to the dynasty no longer be considered? ”

Li Mu shook his head firmly when he heard this, and said, "I have made up my mind, Brother Sima should not persuade me anymore!" Sima Shang sighed sadly and said: "Guo Kai and others regard the general as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and it is difficult to be willing to do so. But the general is a dispensable person, Guo Kai and others will not bother to cause harm, I don't know if they will return to the dynasty in accordance with the order, and the general will preserve his strength in order to see what the after-effect will be? ”

Li Mu was stunned when he heard this: "What does Brother Sima mean by this?" The scheming Sima Shang smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "Doesn't the general hear the old saying: 'Shen Sheng dies inside, and his ears are safe outside'?" With the talent of a general, he can make meritorious contributions everywhere, why do you want to work hard for Zhao Guo?"

Li Mu had an epiphany: "Brother Sima wants Li Mu to sneak to other countries?" Sima Shang nodded solemnly and said, "That's right!" With the fame and talent of a general, no matter in Yan, Qi, Wei, or Chu, he will be treated as a state guest! In this way, the general not only saved his useful body and avoided the trapping of Guo Kai and others; Moreover, when the Zhao State encounters danger in the future, the King of Zhao will also have the opportunity to re-employ the general and drive the tyrannical Qin again. This plan is the only good strategy to deal with the current crisis and protect the long-term peace and stability of Zhao State. ”

When Li Mu heard this, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face, because what Sima Shang said was indeed a very good compromise measure, but when he thought that if he agreed to do so, he would definitely bear the stigma of a fugitive, Li Mu couldn't help but hesitate a little!

Suddenly, Li Mu put down his wine glass, stood up, and began to pace back and forth in the tent. The look on the heroic and majestic face was cloudy, and the delicate and elegant lying silkworm eyebrows couldn't help but tremble gently, obviously Li Mu was already moved by this, but it was difficult to make up his mind for a while.

Although Li Mu is loyal and righteous, if he can leave a useful body and continue to prepare to serve the country without violating the general righteousness, such a thing will still be quite tempting to Li Mu. For a while, Sima Shangcheng, who had seen through Li Mu's thoughts, said hotly: "Although the general does not obey the order and sneaks to the other country to damage his personal reputation, this is a small righteousness; However, the safety of the three million people of Zhao State and the preservation of the country's foundation are earth-shattering righteousness, and the general is invited to sacrifice small righteousness and do great righteousness. Sima Shang is here! ”

So the old general with a sad face and gray hair suddenly got up and bowed to the ground, kneeling down and begging Li Mu. Li Mu has always respected the elder Sima Shang as a brother and has great respect, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this: "Brother Sima, why do you have to be like this, please hurry up!" Sima Shang said stubbornly: "If the general does not accept the general's request, he can't afford to kneel until he dies!" ”

When Li Mu heard this, the hands that were originally stretched out halfway and wanted to pick up Sima Shang suddenly froze in mid-air, and the thoughts in his heart suddenly collided violently: "Yes, is it true that I, Li Mu, have discarded the three million people of Zhao State for the sake of the so-called small righteousness?" Li Mu asked himself in his heart at this time: "Just for the sake of being loyal to the king of Zhao who is a maidservant and can only fight cocks and lackeys and play and sing?" Whoever cares about him, for the poor people of Zhao who have suffered from the war, no matter what others want to say, how history will be written, famous for thousands of years, lonely and lonely, I can't care about it! As long as he can save his useful body, King Zhao should have a sober day. ”

After a long time, after a long sigh, Li Mu gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, Zhao Guo will not allow me at the moment, so I will flee to another country like the old general Lian Po, in order to regain the country's usefulness!" ”

Sima Shang was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't need Li Mu's support as a vigorous man, so he suddenly jumped up and said, "The general is right to do this!" As the old saying goes: 'Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood'. As long as we keep it useful, maybe our two brothers will have the opportunity to fight side by side in the future! ”

When Li Mu heard this, he sighed abruptly: "I used to hate Le Yi and Lian Po for Zhao Jiang, but I didn't expect it to be my turn today." He also said: "Although I am going to leave another country now, but Zhao Cong is not worthy of being a commodore general, and I cannot give him the Shuai seal to insult my name." ”

Sima Shang nodded and said, "Without further ado, in order to avoid a long night of dreams, the general will leave tonight!" I just don't know where the general wants to go? Li Mu pondered for a moment and said: "Wei is the closest to Handan, so I'll sneak to Wei!" Li Mu thought about it again, and said uneasily: "I expect that Zhao Cong and Yan Ju are not opponents of Wang Jian and Fusu, and after I leave, the safety of Zhao Guo will depend on Brother Sima." I hope that Brother Sima can hold on, and he must wait until Li Mu's return! ”

Sima Shang nodded solemnly and said, "General, rest assured, as long as Sima Shang is there for a day, Zhao Guo will be there!" Li Mu knew that without further ado, he solemnly held Sima Shang's hands and said with emotion: "Treasure!" Tears welled up in the tiger's eyes.

Although Sima Shang's tiger eyes were also slightly pantothenic, in order to prevent Li Mu from being too worried, he couldn't help holding back the tears in his eyes, shook Li Mu's hands fiercely and said, "Treasure!" ”

Two tall and heroic figures stood majestically in the handsome tent, and the two comrades-in-arms who had been fighting side by side for more than ten years looked at each other's familiar faces with reluctance, and their eyes were full of sadness and respect, nostalgia and perseverance. But what neither of them expected was: Creation makes people, this parting between the two, this pair of comrades-in-arms who once lived and died together will never see each other again!

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That night, Li Mu simply cleaned up, and then left the book, hung it in the military tent, and quietly left, sneaking to the Wei State.

The next day, there was a sudden chaos in the Zhao military camp where Li Mu had disappeared, and the generals wanted to send a large army to find Li Mu, but everyone quietly changed their minds after seeing Li Mu's book. I saw Li Mu leaving a book and said: "If Zhao does not stay, he has another country; I want to stay in the future and return to my homeland! ”

The generals were all smart people, and they immediately understood Li Mu's good intentions to retain a useful body. Isn't sending a large army to find Li Mu now and let Li Mu die, so the generals who knew in their hearts pretended to be indifferent and did not move, while quietly spreading the news of Li Mu's departure in the army.

For a while, the Zhao soldiers knew that they still had something in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel very determined, but they still couldn't help but wait for the new coaches Zhao Cong and Yan Ju with some indignation!